. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/185 
13 June 2005 
 (05-2453) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS), 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Livestock products for human consumption, such as milk and milk products, 
meat and meat products, and egg and egg products, etc. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   The proposed draft of the 
Amendment of the Labelling Standards for Li vestock Products (Available in Korean, 2 
pages). 
6. Description of content:  Major Points of proposed am endments are as follows: 
- All ingredients should be listed in the desce nding order of the ingoing weight at the 
time of the ·manufacturing of livestock produc ts (Exception apply to some cases, such 
as small packages) 
 - When a certain ingredient is emphasized in the principle display panel, the content of 
that ingredient  shall be declared in the list of ingredients 
 
- Mandatory nutrition labelling is required for the following livestock products   
·  Ham, Sausage, Milk, Fermented milk, Ice cream and  Milk powder. 
 
- Packaged meat shall have following declarations : 
- The name of slaughtering plant and packaging plant,  animal species and the name of 
derived parts  
- When an irradiated livestock product is u sed as an ingredient in another livestock 
product, it shall be so declared in the list of ingredients 
 
* This draft amendment will also be notified to the WTO Secretariat in accordance with 
relevant provisions of the WTO/TBT Agreement. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   The document is generally aligned with the 
standards, guidelines or recommendations of the CODEX with a few additions where 
international standards, guidelines or recommendations do not exist. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  NVRQS Public 
Notice No. 2005-37 , 4 May 2005 (Available in Korean). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   1 September 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1  September 2005 
12. Final date for comments:  31 July 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Livestock Products Safety Division 
National Veterinary Resear ch and Quarantine Service 
#480, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang, Kyonggi 430-016 the Republic of Korea Tel:  82-31-467-1965 Fax:  82-31-467-1974 
E-mail:  rayk@nvrqs.go.kr
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Livestock Products Safety Division 
National Veterinary Resear ch and Quarantine Service 
#480, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang, Kyonggi 430-016 
the Republic of Korea 
Tel:  82-31-467-1965 Fax:  82-31-467-1974 E-mail:  rayk@nvrqs.go.kr